It was a bad day – Pollard - Cricket News Update
http://www.senore.com/Cricket/KA-Pollard-c1754, said that they have only themselves to blame after losing the opening ODI against Bangladesh by a convincing margin of 7 wickets. However, he described the defeat as just a bad day at the office, and praised the hosts for making their advantage count.
"It was mostly a bad day," Pollard said. "They weren't bowling anything magical. We gifted our wickets away. I think we have to blame ourselves for the way we batted. At the end of the day, we can't look for excuses. The batsmen have to bat 50 overs, and not let the tail bat for 10 to 15 overs, like they had to do today. Now we know that when we play bad, Bangladesh will take the initiative."
After putting an impressive show in the recently concluded Test series, the tourists were brought back to earth by a determined Bengali side in the first limited-over game and were bundled over on a lowly. 199.
Opting to bat first, the Windies began strongly, courtesy http://www.senore.com/Cricket/CH-Gayle-c1221 who played another brief cameo of 35. His wicket in the 12th over changed the complexion of the game as the home side managed to put considerable pressure on the inform middle-order.
Having already dismissed Gayle’s opening partner, http://www.senore.com/Cricket/DM-Bravo-c1386, steadied the ship for a while but his dismissal led to a dramatic collapse. The next four wickets managed a combined 33 as the tourists were halted on 133 for 8.
However, the tail chipped in valuably, with http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Naeem-Islam-c2053.
Pollard said that losing wickets in clusters was disappointing, and attributed the loss to the team’s inability to http://www.senore.com/Cricket/Adrian-Roger-Kirshaw-Pierson-c42135 it out at the crease.
"Then we lost wickets in clusters, we lost Gayle and Samuels. But having said that, the other guys are here to play and did well before. It is a matter of us taking that extra time, that extra over or two, to continue what we have been doing."
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